US envoy urges Lebanese officials to break government formation deadlock
US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy C. Shea on Thursday urged Lebanon’s leaders to form a new government and “rescue the country from the multiple crises and self-inflicted wounds” it was facing. ...
Turkish mothers’ protest group faces trial
The trial of Turkey’s Saturday Mothers — a group that campaigns to find the whereabouts of sons, fathers and husbands who disappeared after the 1980 military coup — began on March 25 in Istanbul. ...
Italian envoy meets with Libyan officials
Cooperation in the fight against illegal migration, training security staff and monitoring of land, port and airport borders was discussed by the Italian Ambassador to Libya Giuseppe Buccino and Interior Minister Khaled Mazen of the new Unity Government of Libya. ...
Cabinet talks in Lebanon break down, heralding
Protesters blocked some roads in the Lebanese capital with burning tires Monday after talks on the formation of a new Cabinet broke down, heralding more economic and financial collapse for the small Arab country. ...
Blast kills one in restless Iranian border area
An explosion killed one person and injured three others on Sunday in a southeastern Iranian town that was the center of bloody unrest last month, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported. ...
Iran threatens US Army base and top general: AP sources
Iran has made threats against Fort McNair, an Army base in the nation’s capital, and against the Army’s vice chief of staff, two senior US intelligence officials said.They said communications intercepted by the National Security Agency in January showed that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard discussed mounting “USS Cole-style attacks” against the base, referring to the October 2000 suicide attack in which a small boat pulled up alongside the Navy destroyer in the Yemeni port of Aden and exploded, killing 17 sailors. ...
Bomb blast kills 1, injures 2 in northern Iraq
An Iraqi civilian was killed and two security personnel injured in a bomb blast Saturday in the northern Saladin province, according to a local police officer. ...
Thousands protest Turkey’s withdrawal from women’s treaty
Thousands protested in Turkey on Saturday calling for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reverse his decision to withdraw from the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women. ...
Hezbollah has thousands of missiles, rockets located in civilian areas to target Israeli citizens: IDF
Hezbollah possesses thousands of missiles and rockets located in the heart of the civilian population that are deliberately intended to target Israeli civilians, the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Thursday. ...
Ukraine rejects Iran's final report on downing of flight PS752
Ukraine has rejected the Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran's final report on the downing of a Ukrainian jet as a "cynical attempt" to conceal the truth. ...
EU worried by shooting incidents near Turkey-Greece border
A spike in shooting incidents at Turkey’s land border with Greece near where European Union (EU) border officers have been patrolling has been concerning, said EU’s top migration official on Friday. ...
Iran reports attack on its cargo vessel in Mediterranean Sea
An Iranian cargo vessel was targeted this week in a “terrorist attack” in the Mediterranean Sea, the country’s state TV reported on Friday. There were no casualties in the explosion, the report said. ...
Pope Francis promises to visit Lebanon
Pope Francis on Monday said he promises to visit Lebanon, but has not considered the possibility of visiting the “beloved country of Syria.” ...
Iran enriching uranium with third cascade of advanced IR-2M centrifuges: IAEA
Iran has started enriching uranium with a third set of advanced IR-2m centrifuges at its underground plant at Natanz, the U.N. nuclear watchdog told its member states on Monday, a further breach of Tehran's 2015 deal with major powers. ...
Pope Francis visits regions of Iraq once held by Islamic State
Pope Francis has visited parts of northern Iraq that were held by Islamic State (IS) militants on the third day of his historic trip to the country. ...
Pope Francis on Iraq visit calls for end to violence and extremism
Pope Francis has called for an end to violence and extremism, on the first ever papal visit to Iraq. ...
Libya's parliament speaker confirms need to hold general elections on time
Speaker of the Libyan Parliament Aguila Saleh assured the German ambassador that the presidential and parliamentary elections should be held on time, without delay. ...
ICC opens 'war crimes' investigation in West Bank and Gaza
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has opened a formal investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories. ...
Iraq rocket attack: Air base hosting US-led coalition forces targeted
Ten rockets have hit a base hosting US-led coalition forces in western Iraq. ...
Syria war: Tens of thousands of detainees still missing, UN says
Tens of thousands of civilians are still missing after being detained arbitrarily during 10 years of civil war in Syria, UN investigators say. ...